Over To Niagara. Devavara. Anandasagara. Buffalo Mahishasura K R Sagara.

Among the five elements of nature, water plays an important part; the others being space, earth, fire, air. The space depicts the large heart of man, earth patience, fire purity, air the cool experience. Water flowing from the mountains slowly moves downwards, proceeds swinging and dancing in different speed to become a tank, a river and merging in the ocean. Water, when solid becomes ice, when melted water, and when heated, becomes smoke, reaching the sky. The clouds convert them into rain helping in producing crops, drinking, giving shelter to numerous species like fish, cleansing the sins, named as mothers ,as it is kind -hearted, willing always to ensure relief. Lord Shiva, is having Gangadevi on his head and hence cool and composed with his consort Uma. When requested for release by Bhagiratha, Ganga’s only condition was ‘who will face the surging speed’ Shiva unlocked his jata and allowed it to flow. Hence, he is gangadhara. Then Vishnu released through his foot, then sage Janhu through his ears, hence called Janhavi. The common feature between Karnataka and states [US] is ,one has to pass through buffalo city to reach Niagara. In Sanskrit buffalo means Mahisha, the demon, who was killed by mother Chamundeswari. There is one famous dam called Krishna Raja Sagara, a heaven brought to earth by a wizard, Sir. M. V, a garden emerging on the earth a paradise for lovers, the life giver for peasants, an engineering marvel, still inviting international and national visitors who wink, witness and wonder with awe. Our flight was preceded to Niagara through alighting at buffalo. The village leading to Niagara reminds you of KR Sagara.

Enter Niagara: Big buildings welcome you; with a sip of coffee, proceed to the garden, full of greenery, grandeur, and gaiety. The falls: What a coincidence between Niagara and KR Sagara both ending in gara. The Canadian border is an Added attraction. One can witness the rows surrounding the falls. The flow of water in different rhythms, different Force, different quantity reminds us the’thani avarthanam’ of palghat mani Iyer, producing different melodies in different tunes, thunder, soft, medium, melodious, a percussionist of par -excellence. The visitor is awed by the splendour, attraction, mesmerised by the melody, floored by the flow, spellbound by the serenity, baffled by the beauty, forgetting the vicinity, words becoming silent before natures beauty, created by the almighty, maintained superbly by the authority, witnessed by the viewers with serenity, a pat for their affinity, a lesson to the posterity, a pleasant gift to the community by the eternity. The sun is back home. Darkness engulfes the area. Lights on, right before you. To fight the darkness, don’t wait, stand straight to watch the light beamed before you, in different colours; the water takes that colour that is projected before you. Gods ‘beauty is reflected through the sculptors intelligence; we salute them with reverence. Thus gods convergence with man’s intelligence merged has led to this consequence in deference to the wishes of his children that will influence everyone, the inference being reverence to the Lord, preference to protection, adherence to the natures laws, confluence of intelligence, patience, diligence, bringing in balance of mind of mankind which in other places you can’t find forcing the people to carry this gala memory behind.

Next day, the decision to see the falls from downwards took us to falls again. Tickets purchased, lift entered, you are downward. Given blue uniform, Resembling sky or water you too become one with them. The boat starts, moves, the splash of water, shivering due to cold, mouth opened with awe, what a vision. The water touches you as, you go further. You are around the water, falls covered all sides, the dance to the tune of the waves, in the centre you merge with the ocean, feeling commotion, emotion, compelling the onlookers to cheer and dance with ecstasy, dressing drenched, hairs getting awry, hair splitting experience, that one hour in the boat a challenging sport, makes you to report to thy kins who seek your support and rapport for their visit. Get down the boat. Climb the steep steps. A view from the steps, it is like enjoying an ice cream, cone, cup, candy, anything. When you greet the sweet, what a treat, do you feel to have retreat or give a treat to the almighty; since he is not available, treat the host with whom you can boast of the toast called the legendary trip. The day dawns and it is back to Buffalo. No sleep for 2 days because mind is thinking about it, ears are hearing the sound , eye refuses to see other things , mouth hasty to share their experience with others , but nothing arises your anxiety getting absolutely remembering this astounding ,experience fueling anxiety, logic, love, spontaneously . If you were to be a poet write a poem, an author, write a story, an artiste, paint a picture, a sculptor, carve an image, a carpenter, make a model, a tailor, prepare a shirt, a seller, sell literature, a hoteler, prepare a dish, a film maker, shoot a scene, a musician, play the instrument, a runner, have a marathon race, a jumper ,jump in joy, a speaker, talk extempore, a dumb man shed tears, an onloolker, witness without wincing, a watcher, sit tight till night, a spiritual figure salute the creator who gives his pleasant experience like the hot coffee from a percolator.

-